I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
ALAN COOPERAs these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.
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In turn, we will be tempted to kill our computers, but we won’t dare because we are already utterly, irreversibly dependent on these hopeful monsters that make modern life possible.
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And as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being.
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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
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To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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It’s harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the job.
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
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